Zelenskyy thanks soldier who shot down 2 cruise missiles with Stinger MANPADS
ALONA MAZURENKO – TUESDAY, 11 OCTOBER 2022, 21:34
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has commended Dmytro Shumskyi, a Ukrainian defender, who shot down two cruise missiles with Stinger MANPADS [man-portable air defence system - ed.] on 10 October.
Source: Zelenskyy’s evening speech
Quote: "At the request of the military command, I want to celebrate soldier Dmytro Shumskyi (anti-aircraft missile platoon of the 57th separate radio engineering battalion, Chernihiv front) for [his accomplishments] yesterday.
On October 10, Dmytro Shumskyi showed excellent skills and reactions and shot down two terrorist cruise missiles with the help of Stinger MANPADS.
One person saved dozens of lives. Thank you for that!"
Background:
- On 10 October, the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine posted a video of a Ukrainian soldier destroying one of Russian missiles with MANPADS.
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